After successful years, keyboard magician Bugge Wesseltoft put his (temporarily?) On hold to become a solo pianist. Live it is impressive (and sometimes hilarious). Wesseltoft almost crawls into the grand piano to pluck strings and sample percussion, then disappears behind his laptop to edit those samples and then releases sounds from his synth that seems to scare him. After a foretaste of this on
… the CD , he now releases the solo CD IM. IM is a bit quieter and is full of Bugge's typical contemplative and melancholic melodies and subtle homemade percussion. The well-known Norwegian / Lappish singer delivers on two tracksa contribution. In the song WY, Bugge draws attention to civilian victims of wars. For this he uses text samples in which a Congolese woman tells about her terrible experiences after being kidnapped by the Rwandan militia. They are compared to 's vote . The most impressive track on this breathtaking CD. (HB)more
